diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/helper/main.py b/plugins/module_utils/helper/main.py
index 7a2480b..c8951eb 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/helper/main.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/helper/main.py
@@ -506,6 +506,6 @@ def unset_check_error(params: dict, field: str, fail: bool) -> bool:
     return True
 
 def sanitize_module_args(args: dict) -> dict:
-    args.pop('api_key')
-    args.pop('api_secret')
+    args.pop('api_key', None)
+    args.pop('api_secret', None)
     return args
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/helper/rule.py b/plugins/module_utils/helper/rule.py
index 28ca03a..7eb640e 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/helper/rule.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/helper/rule.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 from ansible_collections.ansibleguy.opnsense.plugins.module_utils.helper.main import \
     get_matching
+from ansible_collections.ansibleguy.opnsense.plugins.module_utils.defaults.rule import \
+     RULE_DEFAULTS
 
 
 def validate_values(error_func, module: AnsibleModule, cnf: dict) -> None:
@@ -45,6 +47,11 @@ def check_purge_configured(module: AnsibleModule, existing_rule: dict) -> bool:
         if rule_config is None:
             rule_config = {}
 
+        rule_config = {
+            **RULE_DEFAULTS,
+            **rule_config,
+        }
+
         rule_config[module.params['key_field']] = rule_key
         configured_rules.append(rule_config)